- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any circumstances when an ambulance returning to hospital can be dispatched without a paramedic on board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33017 on 23 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 12 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to commission research on the levels of payments to kinship carers.
Answer
Scottish Government has no plans at present to conduct research on levels of payments to kinship carers. Decisions on appropriate levels of support for kinship carers are a matter for local authorities.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 12 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors satisfaction levels among users of the kinship care advice and information service.
Answer
The Kinship Care Advice and Information Service provides independent, quality and trusted advice on a range of topics, including the solution of complex benefit issues for kinship carers. Scottish Government seeks feedback on the experiences of advice line users from the Project''s National Advisory Group on which kinship carers are represented. In addition, an independent evaluation in 2009 by MORI of the service found that 94% of clients would recommend it to others.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 12 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many kinship carers have accessed the training and development courses funded by the £6.2 million grant allocated for that purpose.
Answer
The £6.2 million grant was provided in 2007-08 to improve the training and development opportunities for both kinship and foster carers. A total of 2,274 kinship and 3,911 foster carers benefited from the funding.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 12 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many kinship carers accessed the kinship care advice and information service in 2009.
Answer
During 2009, 762 kinship carers accessed the advice and information service provided by Citizen Advice Scotland.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to amend the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 to facilitate parity of levels of kinship carer payments across local authorities without impacting on welfare benefits.
Answer
There are no plans to amend the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.
Local Authorities are best placed to decide how to achieve the commitment to pay kinship carers an allowance in the context of local needs and priorities and taking account of the carer''s overall financial circumstances.
It is unlikely that Scottish legislation could be used to fully mitigate the impact of benefits legislation, which is reserved to Westminster.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is commited to achieving parity in levels of kinship carer payments with that of foster carers by 2011.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31595 on 4 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/business/pqa/default.aspx.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been in achieving parity in levels of kinship carer payments with that of foster carers by 2011.
Answer
The level of kinship care payments are the responsibility of local authorities. The Scottish Government recognises progress so far on delivering kinship care payments as making a major and satisfactory contribution to the concordat commitment. The Scottish Government is committed to working with local authorities to ensure that kinship carers receive the support they need.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the levels of foster care payments were in each local authority in 2009.
Answer
Information on levels of foster care payments is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been in its discussions with the Department for Work and Pensions on the impact of kinship carer payments on welfare benefits.
Answer
Discussions between the Scottish Government and the UK Government resulted in recognition of the issue facing Kinship Carers in the recently published
Support for All: the Families and Relationships Green Paper (Cm 7787), presented to House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on 20 January 2010. This includes a proposal to explore with stakeholders the difficulties experienced by family and friends carers and how to help them to access the support they need (paragraph 6.6).
Scottish ministers welcome this and intend to make use of this opportunity to ensure that kinship carers receive the support they need.
